The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-03-03
STATE AND NEIeHBORHooD.

farmer Of GotteTsburg, In flt Of the
blues blowed his head of with q shol
gun on Monday.
Mrs. Lib Mccarthy, widow of week
has got herself mixed up with Uncle
Sam, by sending obscene literature
through the mails.
William Miller, a young Wayne
county farmer, was gored by an infuri
ated cow on Sund ~ evening receiving
perhaps. fatal injuries,
At Lima on Monday, &. W. Phlnney
was thrown out Of his wagon BY the
breaking of an axle, and received in
jnries from which he will die.
Caroline Becker, Of Cincinnati, has
pleaded guilty OF obtaining 50 GOO pen
sion money by fraud. 1t did her but lit.
tie good as she was blackma!led out of
the most Of IL.
Bowling Green has captured the new
| $4,000 glass works, and Findlay's mad
der'n blaz 9s about 1t. Is prancing about
and begging somebody 70 kick the stUffin
out of her bust;e.
James Ward has been awarded 81, 800
damage, for being elected from B. & 0.
train a little too quick, by reason of
which he received three broken ribs and
other personal Injuries.
The stove mOlders all over the c0un-
try demand the same wages they re-
ceiVed prior to the cut Of May, 1884, and
threaten to strike If their demands are
not sceeded to In ten days.
Rumored that j. D. Laying, tOrmely of
the Ft. WavAe railroad, now general
manager of the West Shore, will be
elected President of the Bee Line, to fill
the vacancy made by Judge Burke.
Charlie Haff, arrested In Cleveland
for stealing horse and buggy at Hub
| bard about three weeks ago, made COn-
fessiOn, and duplicates noted crook by
the name of Charlie Ferry as his accom-
plice.
On Monday, while saving logs near
0lena, Huron county, q large tree fell
upon Charles searles and Martin Cole
man, dtslOcating the neck OF the former
and crushing the latter, who died soon
after In great agony.
Jim Faulkner, the athlete, went to
Sandusky to referee the MatsRda- Chris
tOl wrestling match, but concluded he
would have more fun In running away
with Dutch girl. so he and Jennie
Raymond skipped to Cleveland.
Jane Ball. of Logan, has bean granted
a decree of divorce and RlimOly against
]. W. Ball. The parties have lIvCd to
gether for fifty years, had ten children,
and were wealthy and of good standing
The decree was granted on th9 grounds
Of the husband's adultery.
The 1000 employees at the BrItton Iron
and Steel Works have had their wages
increased from 10 to 10 per cent. The
800 men who struck at the American
Wire Works for an advance OF 10 per
cent. are still out. Both sides ar :, firm,
and 1t looks Rs II the struggle will be o
long one.
The relations between LNW Young,
tony Tif1n young man, and Miss Anna
StinchcOmb, pretty little school marin,
have been somewhat strained, for some
months past. Anna says he did and LsW
swears he didn't, nevertheless he gave
the gentle Anna $270 rather than Dur-
chase marriage license, and 80 she let
him off,
Winchester, o., on Monday morning
felt shock like an earthquake, and be-
gan to say her prayers, when 1t was
discovered that 1t was only boiler ex-
plosiOn, at the McCOnnaUghey & Miller
saw mill In the neghborhoOd. There
we're clouds OF dust, wagon loads of
splinters, and four men hurt, but none
killed. Loss about 1880.
Annie 0nler, of Seneca county, said
that 1t wasn't right that her baby should
be born an orphan, and go she looked
around for an eligible father for II. She
siz.d up Andrew Ellinger and thought
he would At the case. Andrew RcknOwl-
edged the corn and pr0bate's permit to
go and make themselves happy, ended
the legal features Of the case.
Young man Bender, at Loudonyille,
drove his team upon the Ft. Wayne
track, Just as the express train rounded
the curve q short distance away. The
engineer exclaimed to the fireman, "My
God we'll kill that man." and by the
time the sentence was completed, young
Bender was dead. Horses Horribly
mangled and wagon split up into kind.
ling wood. On Tuesday.
At Columbus on Sunday night fivs
masked men entered the saloon Of Pat
rick Collins, bucked and gagged Patrick,
his wife and servant girl and ransacked
the house, carrying Of 81, 900 In money
and about 800 worth Of jewelry.
About $1,000 was secured behind q
picture and was not found. The money
had recently been received by Mrs. Col.
Inns and was her share Of her fathers
estate. There Is Go clue to the perpetra
tors
A Cincinnati speculst0r went over
into Kentucky to take look at an oil
spring which farmer claimed to have
discovered on his land. Sure enough
the surface Of the water was covered
with oil, and 1t could be traced along a
creek for q mile. well, what do you
think?" Queried the farmer after q long
investigation "Why, l think you have
used ahOut three barrels Of petroleum
around here" replied the capitalist.
"HumphI That shows how powerful
sharp you are. l didn't use but one and
q half"
AT the Grand Opera House In Cincin-
natl on Monday night, Miss 0lc0tt, the
actress, got an ugly bump on the head
by the drop curtain. Theodore" had
Just poisoned her lover, "Andreas," to
save him from death. he tumbles on a
table In the middle Of the stage, and she
throws herself upon hls body. While
they are pr0miscuously mixed up, the
guards come running In, and the
Empress Is told to prepare for DEATH"
She adjusts her bangs and arranges her
back hair for the executi0ners axe,
kneels on the table, bows her head and
says "let 'er 60 Gallagher" But tie
table has been placed to. near the front
and the curtain comes down with a,
dull, sickening thud, just grazing the
top Of the Empress head. Shelet an un.